Giv'at Herzl
Givat Herzl (Hebrew: גבעת הרצל, lit. Herzl's hill) is a neighborhood located in the southern part of Tel Aviv, Israel.
It contains an ancient Jewish necropolis which was looted mainly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1]
History
Givat Herzl was one of a number of rapidly expanding Jewish neighborhoods in the Jaffa municipality of
By 1947, Givat Herzl was a border neighborhood of Tel Aviv, also known as Shehunat Givat Herzl.[3] A 1947 map shows Givat Herzl as being just to the north of Abu Kabir. Other reports from The Palestine Post between August and December 1947 indicate that Arab Abu Kabir and Jewish Givat Herzl lay side by side.[4]
After four Jews and an Arab were killed in Gan-Havai by unknown perpetrators, tensions between the two communities increased. Roadblocks set up by the
Landmarks
- School of Nature, Environment and Society - Elementary and junior high established in 1986.
- Zoological parks, out of which the Tel Aviv UniversityZoological and Botanical departments grew
- Tel Aviv Detention Facility, also known as Abu Kabir Prison
- Sabil Abu Nabbut - Ottoman-era public fountain
- L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine- Only institution in Israel allowed to perform autopsies in cases of unnatural death.
- Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Peter - also known as "the Russian Church"
References
- ^ "Dead Classic - the Jews". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ Overthrowing geography: Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the struggle for Palestine, Mark LeVine, p. 203.
- ^ a b History of the War of Independence: The first month, Uri Milstein and Alan Sacks, p. 9.
- ^ August 15, 1947, report regarding the stabbing of Jew, "leaving a carpentry shop in Givat Herzl," and the pursuit by factory workers of two Arabs described as, "running towards Abu Kabir". August 17, 1947 report: "Abu Kebir Quarter...has since been quiet. ... In nearby Givat Herzl, ..." December 8, 1947 report: "Givat Herzl, abutting Abu Kebir, was heavily attacked."
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